Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Building at 1707–1709 Cambridge Street: Building at 1707–1709 Cambridge Street: June 30, 1983 : 1707–1709 Cambridge St. 31: Building at 1715–1717 Cambridge Street: Building at 1715–1717 Cambridge Street: June 30, 1983 : 1715–1717 Cambridge St.
The monument is similar to one French designed for the street that leads to Sunnyside, the former home of Washington Irving. [52] In 1994, locals established the Friends of the Longfellow House, a nonprofit organization which raises funds to supplement federal support for the site and to assist with ongoing preservation projects. [53]
According to Edward Abbott, writing in 1859, [9] Five of these estates were subsequently confiscated and sold by the commonwealth: the estates of Lechmere (144 acres) and Oliver (96 acres) to Andrew Cabot, Esq., of Salem, November 24, 1779; the estate of Sewall (44 acres) to Thomas Lee of Pomfret, Conn., December 7, 1779; .. and the estate of Vassall (116 acres) to Nathaniel Tracy, Esq., of ...
The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times. It is located just west of Harvard Square, and includes all of the properties on Brattle Street west of Mason Street to Fresh Pond Parkway, all of the properties on Mason Street and Elmwood Avenue, and nearby properties on Craigie Street.
Maple Avenue is located in central Cambridge, within a triangular area demarcated by Harvard Square, Central Square, and Inman Square. It runs between Cambridge Street, which connects Harvard and Inman Squares, and Broadway, which connects Harvard and Kendall Squares. This area was first developed residentially in the mid-19th century.
Rindge Towers is an affordable housing development in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [1] Completed in 1970, the three 22-story towers make up a 777-unit [2] apartment complex located in close proximity to the Alewife MBTA station at the terminus of the Red Line.
Historic photo shows three 9-story buildings surrounding low-rise 549 Technology Square (at center), with Draper Lab visible (at right edge of picture). Tech Square was jointly developed by Cabot, Cabot & Forbes (CCF) and MIT on a 14-acre (5.7 ha) site which had previously housed a tenement (demolished in 1957) and a Lever Brothers soap factory (closed in 1959).
Elmwood, also known as the Oliver-Gerry-Lowell House, [2] is a historic house and centerpiece of a National Historic Landmark District in Cambridge, Massachusetts.It is known for several prominent former residents, including: Thomas Oliver (1734–1815), royal Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), signer of the US Declaration of Independence, Vice President of the ...